Man, I'm jealous. I wish I was in Friedrichstafen for EuroBike this week. Enjoy the show. Watch out for E-bike fever.

Followup 8/27/11 - For everyone who thinks a product announcement equals availability. I posted this in July, 2010. Select saddles started trickling into U.S. distribution around July 2011.

These haven\'t been around long enough for us to see what happens to the color with use. I would think that the lighter leather would get darker over time.

That wasn't as hard as I had hoped it would be. Andre, and Dave, send me your address to bill(at)wallbike(dot)com and I'll get the catalog out to you.

Yes, I was abusing my keyboard also.

from an email . . .

Hi Bill:
I purchased a Berthoud saddle from you in March 2010 and wanted to give you some feedback. I love this saddle! It do take some time to break in, I had ridden about 500 miles and it was still stiff. I rode in a century ride in the rain and that was when everything changed. When I started the ride it was still stiff, when I finished the ride it was perfectly fitted to my anatomy. I have ridden many time since the century and it continues to be on of the best saddles I have used.

Regards,
mark

Thanks, Richard

Update 10/29/10 - The story on these keeps changing. Latest I've heard is that five U.S. dealers will get packages of six pair of shoes. That's 30 pair from the Brooks side. U.S. dealers _might_ be able to get three of the saddles. Saddles are supposed to be distributed early December. Shoes are up to Vans.
My source is talking about US Brooks dealers. Doesn't know about Vans outlets. Doesn't know about non-U.S. Brooks dealers. (Hint: don't rule out Brooks dealers in Italy)

Thanks, Darren. Right now wer'e working on getting the products listed and organized. Content stuff like this will have to wait a little while.

Thanks, Darren. Right now we are working on getting the products listed and organized. The other content will be up in a day or two.